Dechen Pemba on August 30, 2010 5 Comments
Tibetan blogosphere is vibrant and empowering
Editor's Pick, Technology
Chinese sex workers demand legislation
John Kennedy — August 4, 2010 0 Comments
Sex workers and their supporters in south central China’s Wuhan took to the streets with red umbrellas last Wednesday to collect signatures calling for the legalization of prostitution. Among them was Hooligan Sparrow, who several years ago made a name for herself by posting nude pictures of herself online, and today runs a women’s rights organization; her Twitter profile describes her as a “feminist, member of the prostitution movement and sex worker”. Just before noon on Sunday, Hooligan Sparrow reported on Twitter that she had been taken away by police.
Resistance
Chinese workers kick back
Richard Seymour — June 16, 2010 0 Comments
The Chinese working class is on the move: there is a wave of strikes taking place across China, and they’re winning. Workers at Honda have won a 30% pay increase in the latest strike affecting that company, while workers at FoxConn have reportedly been offered a 100% increase in ‘basic pay’ (with strings attached) after strikes and a string of employee suicides
Economics, Politics
Foxconn and the Honda strike: Can Chinese labour break from capitalist accumulation?
Lang Yan — June 10, 2010 0 Comments
The real question is what then for the activity of the Chinese workers. They are clearly learning important lessons now. The fundamental question is whether their new found strength will lead to a break from the domination of capitalist accumulation or not
Politics
Ken Livingstone on America, Iraq, and his political evolution
Matt Kennard — June 6, 2010 0 Comments
For the last 500 years global politics has been determined by Europe and America. Now it is about to shift so that power will have to be shared with China and the coalition of forces in the developing world
Politics
China’s new strategy for African minerals
Matt Kennard — June 1, 2010 1 Comment
“It is no big secret that it’s the ambition of many junior exploration companies to discover a good deposit, de-risk it, then have a mining major approach you and your shareholders with an attractive offer,” said Mark Parker, managing director of African Eagle, an exploration company working in Africa. “Obviously, with China’s current voracious appetite for raw materials, Chinese companies are the obvious suitors at the moment.”
Economics
China executes Japanese senior citizen
Randy Poehlman — April 6, 2010 3 Comments
“Yes, China will execute a 65 year old Japanese man for drug smuggling. His execution is to be followed by three more elderly Japanese citizens in the coming week. The Chinese judicial system is free to act with independence, but the world would really like to know how many executions are carried out in China annually?”
Editor's Pick, Politics
New Chinese ambassador to Tokyo will improve relations
Randy Poehlman — March 1, 2010 0 Comments
Cheng Yonghua kicked-off a new diplomatic mission to Tokyo this morning. The new Ambassador arrived on Sunday and will be busy from the beginning. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is planning on making an official state visit to Japan in the spring. The announcement of Cheng as Beijing’s representative to Japan is expected, in some ways to bridge the divide between the two major economies of Asia.
Politics
Junk-producing China set to surpass Japan in 2010
Randy Poehlman — January 4, 2010 5 Comments
Japan might be overtaken by China in 2010 as the second biggest economy based on GDP, but in all the areas that matter, China continues to be a third world country, producing the world’s dollar store bargains
Economics, Editor's Pick
The story of Dhondup Wangchen, filmmaker jailed in China
Dechen Pemba — December 11, 2009 1 Comment
Dhondup Wangchen’s trial reportedly started behind closed doors in September this year. According to Amnesty International he is being charged for “subversion and incitement to separatism” and has contracted Hepatitis B in prison for which he has received no treatment. After his Beijing lawyer was forced by the Chinese government to stop representing Dhondup Wangchen, local lawyers were appointed, leaving little hope of a fair trial
Media
Progressive education comes to China
Arlene Chang — July 12, 2009 0 Comments
A new dawn in Chinese education
Editor's Pick, Psychology
Woeser, Tibet’s most famous poet and intellectual dissident, is now available in English translation and should be read by all freethinkers
Dechen Pemba — March 6, 2009 3 Comments
Next week, on March 10th, it’s the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s flight from Tibet. Here Denchen Pemba evaluates the aesthetic and political contributions of Woeser, one of Tibet’s most celebrated artists and freethinkers, who’s works were recently bought out in English translation under the title, “Tibet’s True Heart”.